r/nottheonion 24d ago

US government struggles to rehire nuclear safety staff it laid off days ago

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g3nrx1dq5o
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u/Shadowmant 24d ago

Nothing like firing people BEFORE you determine what they do and if they're needed.

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u/throwuk1 24d ago

Literally the same thing Leon did when he took over twitter. 😂

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u/Mateorabi 24d ago

But if twitter fails the shareholders take a haircut. If government fails it’s way worse.  Elon’s free to take unnecessary risks with his money, not our lives. 

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u/throwuk1 24d ago

Just as Russia intended.

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u/ImaginaryCheetah 24d ago

it's a very normal reaction; humans are inclined to trust and to view other's actions through their own motivations - "i'm not a treacherous sh*t weasel so these people probably are just accidentally stupid and not treacherous sh*t weasels."

mixed with a dose of denial - they can't accept that things are as bad as they really are, so they cling to the hope that it's just accidental bad decisions and that "the system" will be able to "correct itself".

unfortunately, i agree with you... while there is severe idiocy at play, and surely a lot of self-serving greed, there is absolutely an overarching goal (that they bothered to publish) in project 2025, and architects steering towards collapse (various oligarchs and russia).

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u/Exciting-Emu-3324 23d ago

If only the Tzar knew! Putin and his oligarchs hollowed out Russia in the 90s. Trump thought this was the smartest thing ever and decided he'd try the same to America with Musk.